MIRABAL, "Voyage dItalie et de Grece", Paris, 1698. FIRST and ONLY edition. 8vo, (17x10cm), pp.275. Contemporary full leather, spine richly gild. A very good copy of a scarce work. Mirabal was a French military officer hired as mercenary by the Venetians and sent to Greece in early 1694. He describes, in more than 100 pages, his adventures in Morea and the Greek islands during 1694-5. During that time Ottomans made several efforts to reoccupy their lost provinces. He gives vivid accounts, not only of the battles, but also of the local people, the situation in towns and villages, the ancient monuments and itineraries. He left the Venetian army in 1695, most probably for financial reasons and travelled to Italy. The second part of the book deals with his Italian adventures. Not in Atabey, Blackmer or any other known collection. Rare.